Father Ryan High School initially proposed the game against one of the strongest black basketball programs in the state. Pearl High Assistant Coach Melvin Black says he doubts any white public school would have done the same at that time. Image: screen shots from home movie of the game, courtesy Father Ryan High School

A year before the TSSAA fully integrated, a pair of Nashville high schools decided to get a head start. Father Ryan and Pearl High played to a capacity crowd in one memorable night at Municipal Auditorium.

Refugee families from Myanmar and the Kurdistan region of Iraq learn "survival English" from TFLI instructor Ashley Ekers. In the last five years, placements in Tennessee have ranged from 1,000 - 1,600 a year, according toe Catholic Charities. Credit: Blake Farmer / WPLN

Many asylum seekers are assigned January 1st when they can’t prove their date of birth.

Sgt. 1st Class Brian Smith and Capt. Eric Swett, both assigned to 101st Airborne Division watch a football game while at a USO facility in Monrovia, Liberia. Soldiers will also have some downtime as they complete a three-week isolation period. Credit: U.S. Army photo by Spc. Rashene Mincy

Soldiers will be kept on task for eight hours a day as they wait out the incubation period of the Ebola virus.

The gold used to make the box is better than 18 karat. Its inscription reads: 'Feb 23d 1819 Presented by the Mayor, Aldermen & Community of the City of New York to Major General Andrew Jackson, with the freedom of the city, as a testimony of respect for his high Military services.' Credit: The Hermitage

Of all the tokens of appreciation governments sent him after the Battle of New Orleans, a small gold box, about the size of a deck of cards, was one of only five Jackson mentioned in his will. The snuff box was recently returned to Jackson's home, but for years, it seemed the box might never leave the Hermitage at all.

It's hard to find a graduation rate that predicts the situation Tennessee Promise students will have — partly because the program will likely attract students who wouldn't normally attend college. Screenshot of tennesseepromise.gov

In just a few weeks, students who applied for free community college — and almost every high school senior in the state did — will have their first mandatory Tennessee Promise meeting.

The fibers — a fraction of a millimeter each — are separated into color coated tubes and tinted to keep track of each strand. Credit: Emily Siner / WPLN

As much as that process seems virtual and wireless, the Internet is, for the most part, a very physical series of cables around the world. They’re even laid under the ocean. In Nashville, you just have to look up — they're strung on utility poles across the city.